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Unformatted text preview: o send more Acela trains into Manhattan, Biden said the Administration was
proposing the largest rail investment since Abraham Lincoln began the intercontinental railroad - and promised a similar impact.
&quot;If we don't seize this future, how will America ever have the opportunity to lead the world in the 21st century ?&quot;
Biden asked.} High speed rail is key to jobs and energy security – creates a new industry with new
demands
Kunz, president and CEO of the U.S. High Speed Rail Association, 3/10/2011
(Andy, U.S. High-Speed Rail: Time to Hop Aboard or Be Left Behind, 3/10/2011,
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/us_high-speed_rail_time_to_hop_aboard_or_be_left_behind/2378/ , Access: 6/28/2012)
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{Enhancing U.S. energy security is just one reason the country needs a state-of-the-art high-speed rail system, which
by 2030 could transport millions of people each day between America’s cities. A national high-speed rail system
would generate millions of jobs; help revive the country’s manufacturing sector by creating a new industry
producing the trains, steel, and related components; alleviate pressure on a crumbling transportation infrastructure;
and lessen the ever-worsening congestion on America’s highways and at its airports...
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